The flu, cold and teething

I feel like ever since we have moved here which was in January, both of my kids have been sick. I don't know what is going on, but they both have been sick for about 2 months now. Max has had the flu and the really bad cold. Chloe has had just the really bad cold and she is teething on top of that. We have had a couple of night where both of them don't sleep at all during the night because something hurts them. I feel so bad for both of them. I hate to see them in so much pain. So the last 2 weeks or so we have not really left our house. Every single time we go somewhere one of them gets worst, so I decided that we were going to stay inside and wait for this stupid cold to leave. Now Max is almost better and Chloe is on her way. Here are a few pictures of the kids.

Chloe 6 months

Things have been very crazy around here for the last month, so right now I am trying to play catch up on my blog. Well last month Chloe turned 6 months on January 12. Right before we left Arizona, I had her 6 month check up and she weighed 13 1/2 pounds and was 25 inches long. It was our first doctors appointment in a very long time, but the doctor said everything looks great. The doctor said that I could start her on solids because now she is a pooping machine. She had her first cereal which she liked for about 2 days and now she hates it.
Chloe is a very happy little girl. She can entertain herself very easily, loves to talk, loves her big brother, is still very small, and loves to be held. She is a great baby until it is time for her to eat baby food and to go to sleep. Right now I can't get her to eat any kind of baby food which I never had this problem with Max. We are still trying to get a night time routine down. Chloe is a horrible sleeper. She did fine when we lived in Az, but when we moved into temporary housing everything changed. Now she wakes up about every 2 to 3 hours screaming and she will not stop screaming until I hold her and it has to be me. Paul will try to calm her down, but she wants her mommy. As soon as I take her she stops crying and goes right to sleep. Her problem is that she loves to be held and not laying down in her crib. But even though some nights are rough, I still love her.

She is so cute

They love taking a bath together. They have so much fun.

After doing the cereal we moved to veggies. Once again Chloe liked them for about 2 days and now it's a total struggle to get anything in her mouth that is on a spoon.
A couple of weeks ago, Chloe started to crawl. She is very slow, but at least she can get around own her own. Max loves that she moves around a lot more and starting to play with him.


Chloe also has learned how to sit up on her own. I think the day that she learned how to crawl was the day that she also starting sitting. Now I can't believe she is already 7 months old. She is growing up way to fast.

Max turns 2

Happy Birthday Max. On Monday the 10th, Max turned 2 years old. I can't believe that I have a 2 year old. Where has the time gone. I still think of him as my little baby, but now he is a big boy. He is 2 now. That is just so crazy to me. Well, on Sunday we decided to celebrate his b-day at my dad's and I am so glad that we did because on Monday he got very sick. Anyways, it was so nice because I did not have to do a single thing for max's b-day. My sisters did everything. They got all the decorations, the food, the cake and they decorated the house. It was a perfect little party. Max had so much fun being in the spot light, making is own pizza, eating cake and getting presents. Thank you all for taking care of his b-day party. It was a perfect party.

Our first time being in snow since we have been in Seattle

Making his birthday pizza

Zoe and Dana had a lot of fun decorating Max's cake

Got to love the wrapping job

Chloe also had a great time at Max's b-day party

Here is a list of things Max is doing and loves now that he is 2:
-saying a lot more words
-calling dad, Paul which dad does not like very much
-playing with any kind of cars
-loves the word "no"
-loves making Chloe laugh
-is a very picky eater
-loves his juice
-loves dogs
-he can say how old he is
-loves his blankets still
-loves to jump, jump and jump
-he is really good at playing on our itouch which is a little scary
-he learns very fast

Max Happy Birthday! We hope that you had a great birthday and we love you so much

New Years in Rancho

After we got back from Seattle, we decided to drive to Rancho and see Paul's family for New Years. It was a lot of fun to see everyone, but also a little weird not to have Paul's parents there. They were missed very much. On New Years we played games, ate and hung out with everyone. Paul was a little mad that he couldn't play soccer with everyone, but he hurt his back really bad when we had to move some things, but hopefully next time he will be able to play. Here are a few pictures of the trip.

All of the brothers together from tallest to shortest.

All the siblings together

Mark got both of my kids when the clock it 12. Thanks Mark for letting them sleep on you.

Christmas in Seattle

This year we decided to spend Christmas in Seattle. It was a lot of fun to be with everyone and for Max to spend time with his cousins. Everyone was there except Jason who we all missed very much. Even though it was very crowed in the house with 12 adults, 5 kids and 4 dogs it was very fun just to be with everyone. While we were there we did some shopping, saw the famous gingerbread houses, saw the wonderful lights at the botanical gardens, went to the park, ate food, hung out and ate some more food. Even though vacation can be very tiring, I am so glad that we made the trip out. I love spending time with family.

Our little family Christmas

Before we went to Seattle for Christmas, we decided to celebrate Christmas with our little family before we left. There was no way I was going to bring all of the kid's toys to Seattle so they could open them Christmas morning. So the Sunday before Christmas we woke up nice and early and had Max go to the Christmas tree. I think he was a little confuse when he saw all the presents, but as soon as he start opening them and realizing that all the weird boxes are toys he had a blast ripping all the paper off the boxes. It was a perfect little Christmas for our little family. Max got a lot of new toys and clothes, but his favorite present was some new cars. Chloe got clothes and some new toys as well.

Our little Christmas with our little tree. One of these years we are going to get a real tree. I hate fake trees.

My 2 favorite boys

Chloe didn't have her stocking for our little christmas, but she did have it on the actual Christmas morning.

I love this picture of him. It just makes me laugh

Playing with his new cars. I think he played with them all day.